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Film of the Week

Jonathan Romney mulls over the virtues of the best—or the richest, or just the most perplexing—of the week’s new U.S. releases or re-releases.

Film of the Week: A White, White Day

By Jonathan Romney
April 23, 2020
Frozen warnings: Hlynur Pálmason’s Icelandic drama is a stark psychological thriller that unpicks its hero’s troubled soul with forensic coolness

Film of the Week: Santiago, Italia

By Jonathan Romney
April 16, 2020
Walls and bridges: Nanni Moretti’s documentary is a straight, though moving, account of the refugees sheltered by the Italian embassy following the 1973 coup in Chile

Film of the Week: The Platform

By Jonathan Romney
April 10, 2020
Trickle-down economics: the class system takes visceral form in a Spanish dystopian horror film

Film of the Week: The Other Lamb

By Jonathan Romney
April 3, 2020
Gather ’round children: Malgorzata Szumowska’s horror flick is presented handsomely but is frustrating in its lack of specificity

Film of the Week: Crip Camp

By Jonathan Romney
March 26, 2020
Come together: a new documentary about a Catskills summer camp for disabled teenagers is buoyant, illuminating, and very to-the-point

Film of the Week: Online Festivals

By Jonathan Romney
March 20, 2020
Looking ahead: an overview of the many festivals that have moved their slates to the web

Film of the Week: The Cloud in Her Room

By Jonathan Romney
March 13, 2020
Feet on the ground: Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s free-associative, diaristic debut is worth waiting for

Film of the Week: Bacurau Redux

By Jonathan Romney
March 6, 2020
It takes a village: the Brazilian genre mashup is packed with both protest and what seems a prophetic intensity

Film of the Week: Days

By Jonathan Romney
February 27, 2020
Talk soup: among Tsai’s narrative features, his latest is certainly the most spare—if there’s a narrative at all

Film of the Week: Workforce

By Jonathan Romney
February 20, 2020
Homebody: David Zonana’s film starts off as a realistic drama before becoming something like an absurdist political parable